Chocolate Baroque: Hooting Owls

First up is a country inspired In this card, I've used the individual owls and the grassy border from Owl Hedges to create a scene where the owls are looking out from a crack in the side of a barn. You could easily make this a tree trunk or a wooden fence.

To create the woody background, emboss a piece of card stock with the wood grain folder and dirty it up with distress inks: Walnut Stain, Gathered Twigs, Old Paper and Frayed Burlap. Then cut it into ½" strips, ink the sides and rearrange them. Next, make a hole, adhere the strips down on grey card and add the fussy cut grassy border, also from Owl Hedges. Heat emboss the sentiment from Words of Comfort with WOW Ebony EP on a piece of vellum and adhere to the card with tiny drop of Ranger Glossy Accent.

Finally the owls: colour with Faber-Castell Polychromos, fussy cut and adhered in the opening.

Sticking with the owl theme, this time I'm showcasing the row of these cutties on a branch, also from the Owl Hedges sheet. First, create the background by masking the moon and blending Distress Inks: Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey and Fossilised Amber. Next stamp a the row of owls in the bottom edge with VersaFine Vintage Sepia. Stamp the owl again on white card, colour with Faber-Castell Polychromos and fussy cut just the owls.

To add a little movement to the background, stamp an image from the Seasonal Fragments sheet with VersaFine Toffee. Next, stamp a greeting from Birthday Wordswith VersaFine Habanero.

Finally, adhere the fussy cut owls to the stamped image on the card front.

I have to tell you that your creations today remind me of my grandma who's passed away many years ago. I can't help but think of her every time I see one! (She even has one on her grave stone! LOL!) Anyway, you've done such an amazing job with the images! I love the wooden background on the top card and your sky background for your second card is really quite stunning!! These are amazing! HUGS

So adorable and so beautiful.Thank you also for entering the World Wide Open Design Team challenge #4 and best of luck with your entry.Don't forget we will be holding the "Champion of Champions" DT Challenge for all the winners from all categories from these monthly challenges throughout the year.Annette DT Leader

I love these cards because they also have a hint of Halloween which I love(at least that's how I take it). I love the wood grain effect with the owls looking out from the tree and I love the background on the 2nd card with the owls on a tree-great cards